Mel Kiper Jr. mocks a small school TE to Jags, says there could be 'options' at QB, too

ESPN analyst Mel Kiper Jr. released his second official mock for the 2018 NFL Draft, which has the Jags addressing a pressing need with tight end Dallas Goedert out of South Dakota State. In a nutshell, Kiper compared Goedert to two NFL stars of the past and present and believes he can eventually be the successor to Marcedes Lewis.

29. Jacksonville Jaguars

Dallas Goedert, TE, South Dakota State

I’m giving the Jags a different tight end here after going with Oklahoma’s Mark Andrews in my Mock Draft 1.0. Former first-round pick Marcedes Lewis has had a great career, but he’s turning 34 this year and isn’t much of a receiving threat. I have compared Goedert to Todd Heap and Zach Ertz, two guys who can catch passes and also block. Goedert has a tremendous catch radius at 6-4, 260. He suffered a hamstring injury at the first Senior Bowl practice but should be fine to work out at the combine.

Adding Goedert into the mix with the Jags’ talented receiving corps of Keelan Cole, Dede Westbrook and Allen Robinson (if retained) would work wonders for the Jags and add to their No. 1 rushing attack.

After the release of his mock, Kiper had a conference call with various media members around the nation about what to expect for the combine and April’s draft. One of the tidbits that were mentioned about the Jags was the potential to take a quarterback in the first round and Kiper seems to believe there could be plenty of options available, most notably Lamar Jackson and Mason Rudolph.

Mel Kiper says he believes there are "plenty of options" at QB for the #Jaguars from late first round through next several. Mentioned Mason Rudolph or Lamar Jackson if they take QB at 29.

With Dave Caldwell and Doug Marrone scheduled to take the podium next Wednesday at the NFL combine, we could know more about how the staff felt about Blake Bortles’ overall season. So far, we’ve heard reports that they feel he may or may not be their guy heading forward and fans are beginning to become anxious about the future of the fifth-year signal caller.

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